The Tal Pidae Lehstücke
- Episode aired Oct 30, 2012
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1.44: The Tal Pidae Lehrstücke by Naomi Wallace: Ironically this is one of the series that I really understand the least, but yet it is one of the ones that I enjoyed the most
The concept behind the My America series of films was the new British director of Centre Stage, asking writers what or who their America is, and to write a monologue which would represent that. It has produced plenty of interesting outputs, not always perfect but generally well worth watching. It has also produced one where a mole gives a presentation on how to be a mole.
It is a fascinating and frustrating piece. Delivered in one take over 8 minutes by actress Rankin (on excellent form), the piece discussed the life of the mole, what to expect, mastication, Latin, the inherent knowledge of how to do a back-flip within a tunnel to avoid death, and of course a key thing – how to correctly eat a worm to avoid harm (and, again, death). It is really well written and although I was trying to work out what part it had in this series, I was quite taken by the language, the delivery, and frankly the content. It was surprisingly engaging for what it was, which is credit to those involved.
The downside is that I was at a bit of a loss as to what it all means in relation to the series. I could suggest that the lot of the mole, with its inherently known skills to survive problems of its own making, is a reference to the America work culture, or something like this, but it would all be a guess. This is not to say that it was not fun to think about it after a second viewing of the film, to pick up on particularly written lines or themes and to wonder what meaning they have; but ultimately I came away with few answers.
Ironic then, because this is one of the films in the series that I really understand the least, but yet it is also one of the ones that I enjoyed the most in terms of the crafting of it.
It is a fascinating and frustrating piece. Delivered in one take over 8 minutes by actress Rankin (on excellent form), the piece discussed the life of the mole, what to expect, mastication, Latin, the inherent knowledge of how to do a back-flip within a tunnel to avoid death, and of course a key thing – how to correctly eat a worm to avoid harm (and, again, death). It is really well written and although I was trying to work out what part it had in this series, I was quite taken by the language, the delivery, and frankly the content. It was surprisingly engaging for what it was, which is credit to those involved.
The downside is that I was at a bit of a loss as to what it all means in relation to the series. I could suggest that the lot of the mole, with its inherently known skills to survive problems of its own making, is a reference to the America work culture, or something like this, but it would all be a guess. This is not to say that it was not fun to think about it after a second viewing of the film, to pick up on particularly written lines or themes and to wonder what meaning they have; but ultimately I came away with few answers.
Ironic then, because this is one of the films in the series that I really understand the least, but yet it is also one of the ones that I enjoyed the most in terms of the crafting of it.
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